Wicklow Junior Hurling

Arklow Rock Parnell 4-12

Éire Óg Greystones 1-4

Eoin Horkan

Parnell Park

On a miserable wet summer evening in Arklow, the junior B hurlers of Arklow managed to brave the conditions to get through to make their way into a Junior B semi final next Wednesday night.

The home side got off to a flying start hitting the opening two scores of the game, the first coming from evergreen full forward Danny Curran before Sean Pierce opened his account with a long range point.  Éire Óg responded in kind with a long range point of their own from full forward Aaron Toner.  Curran and Jason Redmond traded scored in the middle of the half Curran firing in a goal from inside the 21 before Redmond dissected the posts with a score from play. Curran hit the net again before Redmond fired over a dead ball. With the game running away from the away side they made their way back into it with a quick 1-2 the points  coming from play and a free from centre forward Pat Murphy before got a goal after firing the ball towards the posts from out near the sideline which eventually  ended up in the net. Curran fired over the last point of the half for the Rocks.

The second half was much more one sided. With the Rocks playing with a strong breeze they certainly made the most of this with scores coming at their ease. Midfielder Tom Sommers used the breeze to his advantage to hit over an audacious free out near the sideline.  Both Rocks wing forwards managed to open their accounts. Both scores were similar both coming from the wing  the first from Ryan Barden before Chris Kavanagh hit a carbon copy from the opposite side. Redmond then finished the game completely as a contest with two goals in quick succession. Firing the ball low into the net on both occasions. The aforementioned Pierce and Barden added to the score sheet, before Redmond hit two final dead balls over to finish off the scoring for the home side. Éire Óg hit one final consolation score from a free through Murphy again.

ARP Scorers – Jason Redmond 2-4 3fs, Danny Curran 2-2, Sean Pierce 0-2, Ryan Barden 0-2, Chris Kavangh 0-1, Tom Sommers 0-1f

Éire Óg Scorers- Pat Murphy 1-3 2f, Aaron Toner 0-1

Arklow Rock Parnell; Brian O’ Leary; Brian Byrne, Gerry Byrne, Philp Byrne; T.J Copeland, John Foxton, Joe Mangan; Kevin O’ Reilly, Tom Sommerss; Chris Kavanagh, Jason Redmond, Ryan Barden; Sean Pierce, Danny Curran, Conor Jameson

Subs Used; John McGrath for Philp Byrne, Paul Gilbert for Chris Kavanagh, Dave Carroll for Sean Pierce

Eire Óg;  Marty Byrne; John Douglas, Mark Barry, Michael Burns; John Deeney, Ger White, Jimmy Nolan; Mark Donnelly, Paddy O’ Sullivan; Brendan Kane, Niall Deeney,  Pat Murphy; Jim Kinsella, Aaron Toner, John Lane

Subs Used- Ciaran Byrne

Referee Michael Owens

Wicklow Senior Women Championship

AGB 2-4

St Pats 4-20

Eoin Horkan

Pearse’s park

A scoring frenzy took place in the first round of the Wicklow Senior Ladies Championship.

 Pats hit the opening point of the game through full forward Laura Manley, from the resulting kick out AGB made their way up the pitch and levelled the game through wing forward Ann Marie Keegan.  Pats started to put there foot on the throttle after the levelling score scoring 2-7 without reply. The Pats forwards were on fire from the word go hitting score after score from play. The opening score of this scoring frenzy came from corner forward Emer McNulty. With the Pats defence been on top the ball kept coming into the Pats forward line this resulted in three more points from play two coming in quick succession from corner forward Clodagh Fox. Centre forward Niamh Caffrey burst through the defence and slotted over the bar to extend the lead. Pats then hit over there first dead ball of the game through midfielder Sarah Delahunt. With lead getting wider with nearly every attack, pats then managed to find the back of the net after some great team play which resulted in wing forward Orla Redmond firing into the net from close range. Fox and Manley added two more scores from play. Fox fired the ball into the back of the AGB net to basically finish the game off. As the game was nearing half time AGB went on the attack looking for scores and against the run of play corner forward Jessie McElerhon managed to get her foot on the ball around the square which resulted the ball going into the net. Delahunt added another free to finish the scoring in the opening half.



With a few positional changes at the break AGB flew out of the blocks straight from the throw in. Ann Marie Keegan drove through the Pats defence she laid it off to Orla Byrne who calmly slotted it into the back of the net. AGB hit two frees in quick succession through Georgie Canavan and Aine O ‘Reilly this reduced Pats lead to 6 points. After that initial opening scoring salvo pats made their way back into the game scoring at will again to finish off the contest. Pats midfielder Delahunt Really coming to the fore firing over 3 frees and a fine long range point. Redmond added another point in the middle of Delahunt scoring spree. Pats were very clinical in this game with Manley getting her first score of the second half before midfielder Jess Lyons opened her account with another score from play. The away side hit their 3^rd goal of the game through sub Niamh McGettigan who fired into the roof of the net from 21 yards. Redmond dissected the posts again from play before Delahunt fired over another free. AGB fired over one last consolation score through Byrne again. Delahunt responded with another point from play, before pats hit the net for open final time through Niamh Caffrey before wing forward Saoirse O’ Reilly hit the final point of the game.



AGB Scorers- Ann Marie Keegan 0-1, Jessie McElerhon 1-0, Orla Byrne 1-1, Georgie Canavan 0-1f, Aine O’ Reilly 0-1f



Pats Scorers- Laura Manley 0-3, Emer McNulty 0-1, Clodagh Fox 1-3, Niamh Caffrey 1-1, Orla Redmond 1-3, Saoirse O’ Reilly 0-1, Sarah Delahunt 0-8 5fs, Niamh McGettigan 1-0



AGB; Linda Dempsey; Caoilfhinn Kavanagh, Rachel Byrne, Doireann Kavanagh; Eve Rogers, Emer Kelly, Laoighse Geoghegan; Georgie Kanavan, Emma Furlong; Roisin O’ Reilly, Orla Byrne, Ann Marie Keegan; Jessie McElerhon, Stephanie Martin, Aine O’ Reilly

Subs Used; Sarah Garnett, for Caoilfhinn Kavanagh, Keelin Stafford for Roisin O’ Reilly, Jessica Hurley for Laoighse Geoghegan, Grace Hurley for Stephanie Martin, Katie Hurley for Jessie McElerhon

St Pats; Jennifer Lyons; Sorcha Doyle, Saoirse O’ Reilly Snr, Sarah Evans; Leanne O’ Neil, Kate Hennessey, Lucy Dunne; Jess Lyons, Sarah Delahunt; Saoirse O’ Reilly Jnr,Niamh Caffrey, Orla Redmond, Emer McNulty, Laura Manley, Clodagh Fox

Subs Used Niamh McGettigan for Sarah Evans, Sarah Evans for Clodagh Fox



Referee Kathy Forde

Wicklow Junior A Championship

Barndarrig 2-8


Roundwood 1-6


Eoin Horkan


Avondale


As the saying goes goals win games this was certainly the case in Rathdrum last Friday 


The opening couple of plays of the game were a sign of things to come with both sets of defences playing from the front from the word go. Eventually Roundwood opened the scoring through full forward Ger Byrne who won a hard ball out in front and swung the ball over the bar. Roundwood next score came through centre back Liam Gaffney who burst through the opposition defence to fire over the black spot from range.  Barndarrig responded in kind with three quick frees in succession through centre forward Michael Murphy. Scores were hard to come by in the opening half with both defences clearing ball any chance they got. This was proven when Roundwood wing back Gavin Fogarty drove out of the defence before he knew it he had fired a great score over the bar. Murphy added another free before Byrne split the posts yet again.  Barndarrig then started to pull away from their opposition with 3 scores the first from corner forward Jimmy Waldron before Murphy fired over from outside the D before Waldron added another from out near the sideline.  Fogarty burst up the field again to fire over his second of the game before corner forward Eamon Wolohan fired over the last score of the half leaving the minimum between the sides at the break.



The second half was a much tighter tenser affair with scores very much at a premium with defenders still been to the fore. Barndarrig then hit a sucker punch on the break with a ball been put in over the defence which resulted in a penalty which corner forward John Kinsella duly slotted into the corner of the net.  Waldron dissected the posts again to push the lead out for Barndarrig.  That man Fogarty was having a great game sweeping up any lose ball he then managed to get the ball near the half way line before slaloming and weaving his way through the defence and firing into the back of the net from just inside the 21 to make the game a contest again.  With the game in the melting pot the net score of the game proved to be the decisive one, with Barndarrig full forward Andrew Kavanagh finishing the game as a contest with a well taken goal.





Barndarrig Scorers- Michael Murphy 0-5(4f), Jimmy Waldron 0-3, John Kinsella1-0 (pen), Andrew Kavanagh 1-0



Roundwood scorers- Ger Byrne 0-2, Gavin Fogarty 1-2, Liam Gaffney 0-1, Eamon Wolohan 0-1



Barndarrig; Manus Quinn; Shane Whelan, James Cullen, Kevin Cullen; Malachy Stone, Martin Cullen, James Quinn; Bernard Quinn, Anthony Quinn; Paul Ryan, Michael Murphy, Philp Kinsella; Jimmy Waldron, Andrew Kavanagh, John Kinsella

Subs; Jack McCall for Malachy Stone, Tom Doyle for Michael Murphy, Joe Twomey for Jimmy Waldron



Roundwood; Peter Byrne; Conor Short, Brendan Kennedy, Noel Power; Eoin Murphy, Liam Gaffney, Gavin Fogarty; William Halligan, Ciaran Byrne; Conor Davis, Brendan Swords, Stephen Connor; Eamon Wollohan, Ger Byrne, Joe Gaffney

Subs; Sean Davis for Noel Power, Stephen Collier for Brendan Swords, Liam Kenna for Eoin Murphy, Colin O’ Brien for Joe Gaffney



Referee Robert Roche

Wicklow Junior B

AGB 2-9

Baltinglass 1-12

Eoin Horkan

Pearse’s Park

A fiery end to end  encounter from the opening whistle made this Junior B championship game one well worth watching

Baltinglass got off to a flying start straight from the throw in hitting an early score from play through wing forward Jack Fleming before midfielder Jamie McTiernan burst through from midfield before splitting the posts with a fine effort. Then a turning point came in the half when AGB corner back David Kenny was giving his marching orders with a second yellow card.  AGB hit their first score in anger through wing forward Jack D’Arcy who fired over after a great solo run through the opposition defence. The away side then hit over two quick fire dead balls through corner forward Jason Sinnott. The home side were kept in the game through that wing forward D’Arcy who hit two more scores from the play the 2^nd been audacious attempt off his wrong side that dissected the post.  Baltinglass then hit a purple patch scoring 1-5 without reply.  Full forward Tony Keely hit the opening score of this with a point from play, before corner forward Conor Foley fired the ball over the black spot twice in quick succession the first coming from play before he fired over a dead ball. Keely slotted over another before Keely put the ball into the AGB net with a palmed finished from the edge of the square.  Wing back Chris Grimes won a ball from a kick out played a quick one two before firing over a long range score to finish off the half. Giving the away side a 9 point lead at the break.

Whatever was side to the home side at the break certainly worked. They came

out of the blocks very quickly with full forward Alan McBride starting the

scoring with a long range free, before the game completely turned with two

goals in quick succession the first coming after a great team move which was

finished to the net by Mark Fitzgerald. Arklow then won a penalty which was

nicely put away by Wing forward David O Neil.  Sub Ciaran O Reilly got his first

score of the game with a nice close in score, Baltinglass knew they had to

respond which they did first through Keely again from play before goalkeeper

Will Rogers made his way up the field to slot a long range free. D’Arcy got his

name on the score sheet again before sub Richie Neary fired over. With the

game now in the melting pot AGB went all out attack and managed to win a

free out near the sideline and after some indiscipline from Baltinglass the free

was moved right in near the goal which sub O Reily duly slotted to level the

match. With the game in its dying embers the aforementioned Keely got his

hands on the ball and made his way along the end line and fisted the ball over

the bar. AGB made one last burst to level the game the ball ended up in the

hands of midfielder Donal O Keefe out near the 45 which he managed to put

over to level the game.

AGB Scorers-Jack D’Arcy 0-4, Alan McBride 0-1(1f), Mark Fitzgerald 1-0,

David O’ Neil 1-0 (1p), Ciaran O Reily 0-2, Richie Neary 0-1, Donal O Keefe 0-1

AGB; Kyle O Connor; David Kenny, Brendan O Sullivan, Corey Mills; Ben Fennel,

Padraig Kelleher, Shane Donohue; Tommy New, Donal O’ Keefe; David O Neil,

Cormac Hyland; Jack D’Arcy, Alan McBride, Mark Hurley

Subs Used;  Mark Fitzgerald for Padraig Kelleher ,Ross McBride for Cormac

Hyland, Ciaran O Reily for Gary Fenell,Richie Neary for David O’ Neil

Baltinglass Scorers; Tony Keely 1-4, Jason Sinnott 0-2 (2f) , Conor Foley 0-2(1f)

Jack Fleming 0-1, Jamie McTiernan 0-1, Chris Grimes 0-1, Will Rogers 0-1(1f)

Baltinglass; Will Rogers; Sean Parke, John Hennessey, Wesley Balfe; Declan

Jones, Jason Steede, Chris Grimes; Jamie McTiernan, Alan Nolan; Fabian

Dunne, Ross Nolan, Jack Fleming; Jason Sinnott, Tony Keely, Conor Foley

Subs Used; Derek Nolan for John Hennessey; David Whelan for Declan Jones;

Paudie Swinbourne for Conor Foley

Referee Robert Roche 

Wicklow Intermidate Football

Coolkenno 2-15


Laragh 0-8


Eoin Horkan


Pearse Park



 Last Friday the 3^rd round of group 1 in the Wicklow Senior football championship was played in Arklow  



A very experienced Coolkenno were playing a younger Laragh side. Coolkenno hit the opening score of the game with a free from full forward Don Jackman. Laragh responded in response with a fine score from full forward Mark Miley who fired over a great score on the turn.  Coolkenno then started to pull away on the score board hitting 1-3 without reply. The goal coming from the evergreen Jackman who managed to get his fist onto a long ball that was fired in around the danger area. Coolkenno inside forward line now started to get their hands on the ball more frequently with both corner forwards  hitting points from play the first coming from Conor Walker before Pauric Coleman got his name on the score sheet, Coleman then added a 45 moments later . Laragh responded with a solitary point from play through wing forward David Miley. Then a huge turning point came with  an off the ball incident leading too Laragh midfielder Damien Hanlon getting a 2^nd yellow card which resulted in him been sent to the line.  With having the man advantage Coolkenno started to open up their lead very significantly hitting 7 points without any response heading towards the break. Wing forward Eamonn Rossiter scoring from play, midfielder Jim Cushe then broke up the field and fired over a great score from an acute angle.  Wing back Patrick Dalton made his way up the field and slotted the ball over the bar . Jackman fired over a point from play before adding another free. Conor Walker and midfielder Conor Doyle put over points from play just before the half time whistle.



With the game been virtually over as a contest that man Jackman got another goal after some good work from his teammates who managed to lay the ball on a plate to him in front of the goal.   Coolkenno kept the score board ticking over in the 2^nd half with Rossiter firing over a point before sub Keith Farrell fired over the black spot. The aforementioned Cushe and Coleman hit Coolkenno last two points of the game. Laragh then decided to try  put some respectability on the score board which they did mainly though the boot of centre forward John Nolan who dissected  the posts 5 times in a row with three of these coming from frees the other one coming from play  The final score of the game coming through Laragh wing back Aaron Lynham who came up the field to split the posts .



Coolkenno Damien Gerathy; Paul Kehoe , James Gregan, Brian Rossiter; Patrick Dalton, Robert Keogh, Cathal Rossiter; Jim Cushe , Conor Doyle; Eamonn Rossiter, Eoghan Dolan , Ben Jackman; Pauric Coleman , Don Jackman (c) Conor Walker



Scorers  Don Jackman (2-3) , Pauric Coleman (0-4) Conor Walker (0-2) Eamonn Rossiter (0-2) Jim Cushe (0-2) Conor Doyle (0-1) ,  Keith Farrell (0-1 )



Subs Used  Philp Timmons for Patrick Dalton , Niall Bailey for Ben Jackman, Jack Maxwell for Don Jackman , Willie Doyle for Brian Rossiter , Donal Doyle for Cathal Rossiter, Colin Murphy for Eoghan Dolan



Laragh : Peter Merrigan ; Brendan Ward , Gary Cullen, Steve Olohan ; Aaron Lynham,  Craig McCoy , Jack Dunne ; David McDonald , Damien Hanlon ; David Miley, John Nolan , Mark Cullen ; Eric Olohan, Mark Miley , Myles Conway



Scorers  John Nolan (0-5), Mark Miley (0-1), David Miley (0-1)  Aaron Lynham (0-1)



Subs Used  Andrew Kenny for Jack Dunne , Ian Merrigan for Brendan Ward, Shane Whitlow for Myles Conway , Dan Power for Eric Olohan , Ross Doonan for Steve Olohan  Stephen Curley for Craig McCoy